The Hunt Museum
The Hunt Museum is an Irish art museum. It is within Limerick City Centre’s neighbourhood. Among its facilities are a café, guided tours and a shop.
Museum in Limerick City Centre
One of the best-known places to visit in Ireland
#101 of the 1,783 museums, castles, gardens and other attractions we list, by how widely it is covered. About ↓
Inside Limerick City Centre
The Hunt Museum is inside Limerick City Centre’s neighbourhood, with 11 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓
Written from Fáilte Ireland’s open data, OpenStreetMap, Wikidata and the CSO’s 2022 town outlines, with Met Éireann’s 1991–2020 averages.
Seasons and weather
June to September are the warmest in Limerick City Centre, with afternoon highs of 18–20°C.
The Hunt Museum
Articles on it exist in 9 languages. Add King John's Castle, 400 m away, to a visit; it leads 11 places within 15 km.
- Type
- Museum
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 9 languages
- Town
- in Limerick City Centre
- Official site
- huntmuseum.com
Getting in
- EntryA fee is charged
Around The Hunt Museum, mapped
Each numbered point is one of the places listed below; The Hunt Museum is the orange one.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Limerick City Centre’s neighbourhood. · CSO 2022 outline
Where to base yourself
With 14,213 people, Corbally and King's Island is the largest of the 8. Every town below has its own grades, prices and places to visit.
- 1Limerick City Centre
- 2Corbally and King's Island
- 3Farranshone
- 4Galvone
- 5Prospect and Newtown Pery
- 6Dock
- 7Garryowen
- 8Ballynanty
Limerick City Centre
Corbally and King's Island
Farranshone
Galvone
Compare the 8 towns
| Town | Where The Hunt Museum is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Limerick City Centre | It’s in town | 3,434 | 20 |
| Corbally and King's Island | 100 m northeast of it | 14,213 | 20 |
| Farranshone | 200 m west of it | 7,874 | 21 |
| Galvone | 300 m southeast of it | 5,412 | 20 |
| Prospect and Newtown Pery | 500 m south of it | 4,122 | 20 |
| Dock | 800 m southwest of it | 6,258 | 18 |
| Garryowen | 900 m southeast of it | 5,428 | 20 |
| Ballynanty | 1.3 km northwest of it | 3,030 | 20 |
Other places close by
Among the 11 within 15 km are 2 museums, 2 cathedrals and 2 art galleries.
CathedralSt John's Cathedral700 m away3
CathedralSaint Mary's Cathedral200 m away4
Art galleryLimerick City Gallery of Art900 m away5
CastleFanning's Castle200 m away6MuseumMuseumLimerick City Museum400 m away7Art galleryArt galleryOrmston House200 m away8Historic houseHistoric houseBishops' Palace Limerick Civic Trust500 m awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
The Hunt Museum: what to know
Where is The Hunt Museum?
The Hunt Museum is in Limerick City Centre, Limerick, inside the town’s neighbourhood.
What is The Hunt Museum?
Irish art museum.
How well known is The Hunt Museum?
The Hunt Museum has 9 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages: #101 of the 1,783 Irish places we list.
When is the best time to visit The Hunt Museum?
June to September are the warmest months in Limerick City Centre, with afternoon highs of 18–20°C (Met Éireann 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near The Hunt Museum?
Within 15 km: King John's Castle (400 m), St John's Cathedral (700 m), Saint Mary's Cathedral (200 m) and Limerick City Gallery of Art (900 m).
Sources: Fáilte Ireland open data (CC BY 4.0), © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Wikidata (CC0), CSO 2022 town outlines (CC BY 4.0), Met Éireann 1991–2020 averages (CC BY 4.0).
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (5)
- The Hunt Museum: Roland Czaczyk ( FreeBird 19:17, 23 December 2006 (UTC)), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- St John's Cathedral: David P Howard, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Saint Mary's Cathedral: Sean.magner89, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Limerick City Gallery of Art: William Murphy from Dublin, Ireland, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Fanning's Castle: GilPe, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Contains Central Statistics Office (CSO) data, Census 2022, and Tailte Éireann boundaries (CSO Urban Areas, Small Areas, local electoral areas, constituencies), under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).